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About The Augusta herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1914-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1915)
TWO Annual Meeting of Board of Education Held Today Welcome Five New Members, viz: Messrs. C. T. Pund, H. H. Duvall, T. L. Fuller, Robert Peebles and J. G. Belding MR. EVANS UNANIMOUSLY RE-ELECTED SECRETARY Plan Suggested to Ask Use of Sunday School Building For Kindergarteners of Schools Where More Room is Needed A gooA deal of routine buetnees whs truiiHactt*! at the annual meeting of | the KlchtDond county board <»1 educa | tlon, held at 10 o'clock Saturday morn ing in the auditorium of tin* Tubman high *< tu>ol» president James L. Klein iior, in the chair. After the roll call by the uccrotary, Superintendent Lawton It. Kvhhi, the of Uu newly quoMfk d inembsm of the board ware read a* follows First word, C. T. iMnd; Macond ward, M. U.* H, Duvall; third ward, F. L. Fuller, fourth ward, VV, U. Johnson; fifth ward, Hobart Faablta; alxth ward, C F. Baker; lfl«0th district, J. M. Wallace; 119th District, J. A. JlcnnD son; 124th district, W. D. Collin*; 1239th dlfftrltsf, C, J. Mklnner; 123rd district, J. O. Lawrwnco, all of whom are tuccMiors to tharnnaives except Mcmkih. Pund, Duvall, Fuller and Pee bles. other trustees whonc terms have expired, who have not an yet quail fled, are Messrs. F. H. Ravi He of th** 121 at district and H M Murphay of the Hephsrthah district. The new mem bers of the hoard wen* elected with out opposition. Mr. Schaufel® Resigns. On account of other duties, recently neeurued, conflicting, Mr. < bulge C. Hehautelo, tnwioe of the fifth ward, tendered hi* resignation to the board at its meeting today. It was accepted with regrets and Mr. J. G. Belding, nominated by Mr. Burrow, one of the school trustees of the fifth ward, was unanimously elected to fill his place. The- resignation of Mr. H H. Fund of the fourth ward, read at the last meeting of the hoard, will not he acted upon until Ihe next unseeing. in Feb ruary. The minutes of tlx? preceding meet ing were then read by the secretary and approved. The rending of the annual report o? the superintendent was deferred until publication, later In the year, as is the usual course The annual report on finance, signed by W. J. Hollingsworth, auditor for the hoard, was read and approved. It wltl b« f»ubftshed In full In Hominy's Herald. The secretary announced that he had an extended report on the matter of non-resident pupils, which had been compiled for the hoard by request, find asked that in view of its complexity, a committee be appointed to consider it, which was done Bom# Schools Crowded. Mr North, of the second ward, in formed the board of the congested con ditions now existing In the Central grammar school and asked that the board consider transferring the offices of the secretary, which are in the basement, with a view of converting them into elans rooms. This appa rently met with disfavor, although it whs agreed that more room should be provided for the children in the schools • that are crowded. Mr. North then sug gested that permission hr asked of] the Sunday jehool authorities In the vicinity of every crowded school, and. If same he granted, place the kinder gartens In the Sunday schools, which, he argued, were remaining Idle all the week This plan seemed to be fa von* 1 and Mr. Hickman moved that the re ported crowded conditions In certain school be investigated by the trustees of the respective wards where the schools are located. Mr. C. K Whit no> reported that he understood that the Davidson school needed more room for Its pupils, and Mr. T. II Sherman reported the same regarding the Monte Ha no school. The board then went Into the elec tlon of its secretary. Mr. Evan* re tired from the room and was shortly notified that he had been unanimously re-elected Mr Evgm thanked the board In a sincere manner for their expraggod compliment. MIND EXAMINATION FOR EVERY ILLINOIS CONVICT Jobet, IM«.—-Every prisoner entering the Illinois stAte penitentiary here must undergo a psychopathic examination In accordance with a plan inaugurated today hy Warden K M Allen. Four alienlstt constitute the psychopathic institute and the convict* will he grouped under intellectual classifica tions, instead of being secregated ac cording to nationality, color or physl <*aJ characteristic. The alienists and the warden declared the institute here would be the first of 4ts kind. m II i • 'fiH Jmftß ,■ * *Jm I* ' 3 Fj*- L w£* * "cji '**£k 't** ¥ I*% HtfwL' JH||l'k 1 £ IBfrl f^wßj Scene in the Gorgeous Photo Spectacle, ”C a b i r i a,” which comes to the Grand Monday for three days, daily matinees ONLY ONI "Bromo Quinine ” that ii | Rromo Quinine Curat a Cold in One Do , Crip in 9 Dot iff STANDING COMMITTEES, ISIS An Important Matter at Meet ing of Board of Education, Saturday Morning. An important matter transacted at the unmuU meeting of the board of education this morning wrh the wan ting of the standing committees of the. board for the corning year. Standing Committees, 1915. Following are the ( ommittwa: Finance. C F. Baker, T. E. Oertcl, J. A. A. W. Clark. C. It. Baird, C. T. Pund, B. W. Burrow, W. I Hall. High 8choo!s. T. I. Hickman, .1 A. (Carswell, O. E. Whitney, W. C. Kellogg, W. H. John ston, P. H. North. Buddinqs. T H. Hhcrrnan. C l\ Baker, R. C. Berckrnans, M. 11. 11. Duvall, F. J* Fuller. B»nitary Affairs. W. C Kellogg. T. F. Oertel, A. Had dlesay, O. K. Brandon. Rules and Regulations. C. J. Skinner, J f . Broome, I>. E. Morgan, J. A. Rermison, Edward Mur phey. Text Books and Course of Study. II L. Murpbcy, C. C. Henderson, J. M. Wallace, W. I). Collins. Examination of Teachers. W. J. Hall, W. R. Johnston, Wallace Clark, W W Dye, P H. North. School Property. C K. Whitney. E. B Reville, J. M. Rosier, J. O. Lawrence, Robert Pee bles. General WeKars. J. A. Uarowell, J Fkl Clark, A. O Howard, T. H. Hh«r man. TWO FIRES THIS MORNING RESULTED IN $2 DAMAGES Engine Company No. B w**»g given a long run th-is morning at il o'clock a* the result of a telephone call, slat ing that them was a fire on the cor ner of the Wrlghfsboro road and Cook street. The fire proved to be a field of bushy gross which had caught from some unknown cause. Houses tn the vicinity were tn danger of catching, the flames being fanned by the stiff breexe. No damage resulted, however, owing to the qtriek response of the firemen. Today at noon sparks on the roof of 102 Brand street resulted In » damage of |2. The house was occupied by Mr. W. Iv Easterling and owned by Mr J. T. Wise Box No. 1H was pulled. LOCAL PRODUCE MERCHANT HAS A FREAK CHICKEN Someone ha* Luther Burbank • skint a block," In the shape of a chicken that la a croaa between a rabbit, squlr rrl. goose and tha ordinary chicken, feat herb aa. Murphey and Company a few day a ago received n shipment of chicken* from a nearby farmer. Said freak chicken wa* found associating with the brood. The fowl's head resemble* that of a goose; there are four distinct feathers, two on the tip of each win*. A flowing fluffy hair covers the body which reminds one of a squirrel’*. The touch Is that of a rabbit's fur. BELGIANS TO TEACH THE ENGLISH THEIR SECRET OF INTENSIVE FARMING London.-—Knp land i* to reap bene fit* from the agricultural aklll of the Belgian farmers who are exiles In tlrent Hritain. To express apprecia tion of KnplUh hospitality, the Bel gian queen has suppestod that agri culturiMta from her country instruct British farmers in the intensive culti vation which has made Belgium fa mous. Arrangements are being made to delegate Belgian experts who will direct their fellow countrymen in pre paring Hngllah land for intensive cul tivation The Belgian knowledge of soil cul ture is the secret of the great suc cess farmers of the little kingdom have achieved A tiny tract of land is sufficient to support a Belgian fam ll> in comfort and the refugees are willing to impart their knowledge to their Kngtish hosts Live Lobsters at JANSEN'S X* 0f on ioi. 23c. ( O'ST^jdfrtnrtsr First Photograph ot British Troops Firing Big Gun in Trenches FIRE ON GERMAN TRENCHES. This photograph Ividly Illustrates the activities of war In the winter time in the east of France. Hero are shown British gunners In the uct of firing from breastworks on the German trenches miles away. These large guns are hidden as well as possible behind brush forests where the enemy cannot see them through glasses nor make them out from the smoke which arises after a shot. TO JANUARY FIRST, BALES GINNED, 14,447,623 (Continued from Preceding Page). *3.1 ball'll a liuanttty greater than ever ginned In any other year to January lat, and 199.090 holes more than 1 n 1911. Cot ton ginned during the Inst three year* after January IK ha a varied from 1,336,- 071 lining In I*ll to 686,090 hale* In 1913. dinning* for the two week.' period amounted to 470,914 bale*, or 95,000 hales less thun the record for the period made In 1911. The period's out turn brought the total cotton In Alabama and t'klahoma to a greater quantity than ever pruduced In those state*. Washington, D. C. The eighth cotton ginning report of the season, compiled from reports of Census Bureau corre spondents and agents throughout the cotton la It anil Issued at 10 a. m., to ilh>, announced that 14.447,633 bales us cotton, counting round as half bales, of the growth of lilt, hue been ginned prior to January l»t. Thl* compared with 13,347,731 hales, or 95.5 per cent of the entire crop, ginned prior to January Ist last year, 12.907,405 hales, or 95.7 prt cent In 1913 and 14,217,002 hale*, or 93.1 per cant In 1911. The average quant ity of cotton gtnned prior to January Ist In the past four years was 13,914,160 liales or 94.7 per cent of the crop Included In the ginning* were 14.316 round hales compared with 94.365 last year. 77.999 In 1913 and 96,327 In 1911. Sea Island cotton Included numbered 78,938 hales compared with 74,330 bales last year, 67.357 bales In 1912 and 105,- 988 liales In 1911. tllnnlngs prior to January let, by states, with comparisons for the past three year* and the percentage of the entire irnp ginned In those states prior to that dale In the same years, follow: Per Alebame— Year. liales Cent 1914 1,639.199 1913 1.647.8 V! 99.9 1912 1,239.337 97.1 I*ll 1.618,510 95.5 Araknsaa — 1914 914 118 1913 9'3 913 89.9 1913 733,118 96.0 1911 786 339 66.6 Florida -1914 85,726 1913 65.399 97.9 1913 66.043...... 95.3 . 1911 86.431 91.5 Oeof\)la— . m* 8 547,747 1913 3,393.978 97.8 1912 1,756,884... J. 96.9 1911 2.633,917 93.9 Louisiana — • 1914 427 509 1913 410,614 94.0 1912 3*6,402 97.8 1911 863.508. ... 92.8 Mississippi— -1914 1,115.817 1918 1.143,921 91.8 191! 936,419...... 98.3 1911 1.047, J9S 89.4 North Carolina— -1914 815.116 1918 759.808 90.7 1918 8,-.7.189 94.6 1911 9:5,328 86.6 Oklahoma— -1914 1,096 19* 1913 804,318. 95.8 1912 947,452 94.1 1911 *00.409 88.8 | South Carolina— -1914 1.890,838 1913 1,342.737 *4.4 1912 1.173,21* 95. S 1911 1.508.753 89.2 Tenneeaee— -I*l4 330.811 1913 364.334 96.6 1913 244.503 92.* 1911 , . 941231 Si. 7 Tesaa— -1914 8.959.399..., 1918 3.6*4 19* *6.1 191? 4.461.746 96.0 1911 8,936.059 *5.8 AM Othar States— -1914 ...... 188.754 1918 107 446 *9,4 191! 5!.!37.... 91.3 1911 ...... 110.398 7*.4 (.Innings of Sea Island eotton prior to January lat by states South Year 6Y>*dda. Oeorgta. Carolina 1914 82.326 40.107 4.553 I*lß 25,166 41.768 7.386 1912 710*8 39 843 * 62* 1911 ... ....38.091 43p 99 4.799 The netl ginning report of the Censua Bureau will be Issutd at 10 a. m Sat urday Januar* 23rd and trill show the quantity of cotton gtnned prior to Jan uary 16th. THE AUGUSTA HERALD, AUGUSTA, GA. NO DECISION AS TO REFORMATORY Joint Meeting Reformatory and County Boards. Believed, However, That County Will Take Over Reformatory There was a joint meeting of th« board of county commissioners and the reformatory aboard held at the court house Saturday wnen the ques tion of taking over the reformatory by the county was discussed. No action was taken and next week members of the board of county enmmissiouena will go to the reformatory and per sonally investigate the status of af fairs. The reformatory board has' been embarrassed recently because of the low price it .obtained for its cotton. It owes about $1,700 and has $3,100 of assets, exclusive of land, that it is willing to turn over to the county on condition that the county operate the , farm ami assume financial control. While nothing definite has been done,* still it is believed the county board will take over the reformatory farm and operate it. Thf reformatory board, created by an act of the legislature, will continue to have control over the inmates, ex ercising their power of parole, discip line, etc. The reformatory has 244 acres of land of which 224 is most tillable. It is believed that under the county man agement. ami with no cotton being grown! $7,500 worth of oats, corn and hay can he raised per year at a cost of only $5,000. The statement of Dr. Green ami other members of the re formatory board showing how* they have conducted the affairs of the re f.amatory made a good impression. * : V % ,’ w- ■ r The master dramatic actor, Robert Edeson, in *’The Call of the North,” at the Strand To day Only. * ASK LATITUDE CHARITY CASES Committee of Three Appeared Before Board of County Com missioners in Behalf of Aid For Unemployed Destitute. —! Messrs. Julian M. Smith, John Phin- Izy and E. A. Pendleton, a committee from the ways and means committee of thirty that Is Endeavoring to fur nish work for the unemployed, ap peared before the county commission Saturday at its joint session with the reformatory board and asked for as sistance. , The plan, is for more latitude to be shown in the matter of dispensing charity and that people temporarily out of employment and whose families are in distress be aided by the county. In the event some of the needy un employed decline to accept help as charity the plan Is for It to be placed in the form of a loan to them to be repaid when they secure work. The heip would be extended through the county hoard of charities. No de cision was reached by the board. HOURLY TEMPERATURES. Degrees. 6 A. M. ~37 7 A. M 36 S A. M 35 9 A. M 39 U> A. M 44 11 A. M 49 12 noon ... .51 1 I‘. M. 53 2 T. M 54 When you’re tired \t there’s nothing like a cup of good hot tea f—soc., 60c., 70c. and TO RENT Brnnt'h Farm on Washington Road comprising 231 acres, about 150 acres cleared. Dwelling house, bants and two or three tenant houses. JOHN W. DICKEY SUICIDE ON IDE STOCK EXCHANGE Junior Member of Stringer & So. Found Dead After Firm’s Suspension Announced New York.—C. F. Stringer, Jr., ju nior member of the stock exchange firm of Stringer and Company, shot himself and died instantly in his of fice shortly after the suspension of the firm was announced today on the floor of the stock exchange. The firm consisted of C. F. Stringer and his son. It was organized about three years ago. It Is understood the liabilities are comparatively small. At the time of the firm's organiza tion the younger Stringer had not at tained his majority. Recently, after he had reached the age of 21, he was admitted as a partner. He was mar ried. A few minutes before the opening of the exchange today, Stringer, junior, left his own office and entered that of the Guanjuato Development Com pany, In which Stringer and Company had an interest. When the exchange opened the failure was announced. Soon afterward Stringer’s body was found under a desk in the develop ment company's office with a revolver a few feet away. He had shot himself in the mouth. The firm did a commission business of small proportions. For some years It had been interested in Mexican properties, especially mining compa res. Unsettled conditions in Mexico, it was said, embarrassed the firm fi nancially and its suspension was at tributed primarily to that. C. A. Decker, counsel for the firm, said he knew of no reason why String er should kill himself. Rise in Wheat. To the sensational rise in wheat within the past few days was attribut ed to the failure of the firm by C. A. Decker, its counsel, later Mr. Decker said Stringer and Company had been badly caught on the short side of the market and had* failed for about $160,000. DEATHS ADKINS, MR. JAMES S.—Husband of Mrs. Daisie L., died at the resi dence, 906 Marbury Street, yes terday afternoon at 6 o'clock in the 23rd year of his age after an ex tended illness. Funeral services will be conducted from the resi dence Sunday afternoon at 3:45 o'clock, Rev. Thomas Walker will officiate and the interment will follow in the West View Cemetery. Besides his wife, deceased is sur vived by his mother, Mrs. M. E. Adkins, Augusta; three sisetrs, Mrs. J. Sanders, Allen, Ga.; Mrs. VV. S. Hair, Miss Lillie May Ad kins, Augusta. BYMS, MR. CLEVELAND H.—Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Syms, died at the City Hospital Friday morning at 5 o’clock in the 28th year of his age, after an illness of two months. Funeral services will be conducted from R. E. El liott’s Private Chapel Sunday af ternoon at 2:45 o’clock. Rev. O. P. Gilbert officiating and the in terment will follow in the West yiew Cemetery. The following have been requested to act as pallbearers: Messrs. W. J. Goss, Charles Hood, Charles Auston, J. C. Guill, Charles A. Wheeler and Frank Hulse. Jr. Deceased is sur vived by one brother, Mr. T. W. Syms. AIcCARTY, MR. JAMES.—Husband of Mrs. Julia McCarty, died Saturday morning at the City Hospital at 8:50 o’clock after an illness of four months in the 68th year of his age. Funeral services will be conducted Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock froYn R. E. Elliott’s Private Chapel Rev. A. J. Smith will of ficiate and the Interment will fol low In the West View Cemetery. Resides his wife, deceased is sur vived by two sons, Mr. William and Thomas McCarty, of Augusta; one brother, Mr. H. McCarty, of Arkansas; two sisters, Mrs. M. McDonald, Miss Caroline McCarty and twelve grand children of this city. Deceased resided at 1536 Broad Street. WHY? V. hy should our Itelng thrill with joy, whene'er a call is past. That though it took us six months, we have paid that call at last. —Exchange SATURDAY, JANUARY 9. $7,000,000 IS GHOGTAW EOSS Washington. Representative Har- , rison's proposal to defer the distribu- f tion of $7,000,000 among the Choctaw* Indians of Oklahoma until congress should have determined the right of Mississippi claimants was voted down in the house today, 79 to 50. Reports Adversely. Washington.—Secretary Lane re ported adversely today on claims of the Choctaw Indians in Mississippi for recognition as citizens of the Choctaw nation in Oklahoma and to a share in the $7,000,000 of the latter’s fund for distribution. HEREIN OFFICIAL Berlin, (By Wireless to London, 4:05 p. m.) —The German official statement given out at the war office today says that French forces have been repulsed with heavy losses at a point north east of Soissons and also near Per thes; that in the Argonne the Ger mans took 1,200 prisoners and were otherwise successful; and that near Fllrey they blew' up a trench held by the French, killing all the occupants. Algo the French have been drives from BurnJiaupt-le-Halit. in Alsac*. In the east the Germans on January 7th took two thousand prisoners and seven machine guns. Live Lobsters at JANSEN’S Invigorating to tha Pala and Sickly The Old Standard general strengthen. Ing tonic, GROVE’S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out Malaria, en riches the blood, builds up the system. A true Tonic. For adults and chil dren. 50c. FUNERAL NOTICES CHERRY—THE FUNERAL OF JAMES C. CHERRY. SR., will tnke place from Trinity C. M. E. Church on TOMOR ROW (Sunday) MORNING at 10 o’clock. The ftiends and acquaintance of his wife and family are invited to attend. . J 9 ADKINS—THE R ELA TIV E S AND friends of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. S. Adkins are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral of MR. JAS- S. ADKINS at the residence, 906 Marhurv Street TO MORROW (Sunday) AFTERNOON at 3:45 o'clock. Interment in the West View Cemetery. J# LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF GEORGIA, RICHMOND COL NT Y— i Whereas, John W. Dickey. Administra tor of the estate of Calvin Kelly, late of said County, deceased, has applied for leave to sell Real Estate belonging to said estate. This is. therefore, to cite all persons concerted, to he and appeal* at the Court of Ordinary of said County, to be held on the first Monday in February, A. D., 1915. at 10 o’clock a. m., and show cause, if any they can. why leave to sell Real Estate belonging to said estate should not he granted as prayed for. Witness my official signature this 9th day of January, A. D., 1915. ALEXANDER R. WALTON. j 9,15,22.29 Ordinary. R. C. STATE OF GEORGIA. RICHMONDI COUNTY— Whereas. Richard McCullom on the 18th day o-f April, 1913, executed to Claude A. Fleming a security deed, con veying all that lot of land, with improve ments thereon, In the State of Georgia, in the County of Richmond, in the City of Augusta, at the corner of Sibley and Watkins Streets, having a frontage of eighty f 80) feet on Watkins Street and extfnding along Sibley Street half way to Walker StVeet, being known on Phil ip's Map of the City of Augusta, made In 1875. as lots nombers 127 and 128. and likewise number on plan of lots, record ed In Clerk’s Office. Richmond Superior Court. In Book 2 pages 252-3. Rounded: North by lot now or formerly of Leonard Phlnley and Griffin: East by Sibley Street, South by TVatk*ns Street; West by land of N. M. Reynolds: and. Whereas, default has been made In the payment of the interest due on said loan, and under the terms of said se curity deed, the entire debt becomes due Therefore, by virtue o' the poorer of sale and power of attorney contained In said security deed, which deed is record ed in Clerk’s Office. Richmond Superior Court, will be sold at the Court House In said County of Richmond, on the first Tuesday In February 191.5, during the legal hours of sale to the highest bidder the above described realty. RICHARD McCULLOM By Claude A. Fleming. His Attorney In Fact. j 9,15,22.29 CTDAUn TODAY ONLY O I nAnU CONTINUOUSLY Jesse L. Lasky, through Para mount Program, presents the master dramatic actor, ROBERT EDESCN, in the most superb screen crea tion, “THE CALL OF THE NORTH” It is by George Broadhurst, from the book, “Conjuror's House,” by Stuart Edward White. The Dramatics Mirror said: “The Call to the North is the best picture this year." The Moving Picture World said “The Call of the North is the greatest classic ever produced on American soil." Schedule of starting hours: 10:SO, 11:45, 1:00, 2:15, etc. Same prices—sc and 10c. THE BEST—SO COME! At BIJOU Today ' The Aviation Girls"—who fly high and of tfce good looks, with Allen and Kenna Musical Comedy Co., present today “Finnegan’s Picnic” This is surely a picnic for the au dience, as Finnegan Isn't the only one who has a picnic. Bring a couple of extra handkerchiefs to wipe away the tears of laughtef. If you don't have a good time watching this bill, go make ar rangements for a life hospital life, as you are sure to be classed as hopelessly Incurable. See the wedding on the stage at 9 p. m. Three reels new movies. Same prices—Same hours. Be Bijou-Bound.
